21st European Conference on Fracture

The ECF belongs to the well-established series of international conferences held under the auspices of ESIS. As one of the premier conferences in the field of fracture, fatigue and structural integrity, the ECF takes place every two years since 1976. After the previous conference – Trondheim, 2014 ; Kazan, 2012 ; Desden, 2010 ; Brno, 2008…, ECF come again in Italy 26 years after Turin.

In 2016 the conference will be organized in Catania, Italy. The sessions will cover a broad range of topics such as (among others):

Analytical, computational and physical Models;

Biomaterials and Wood Fracture and Fatigue;

Biomechanics; Ceramics Fracture and Damage;

Composites;

Computational Mechanics;

Concrete & Rocks;

Creep Fracture;

Damage Mechanics;

Damage and fracture in materials under dynamic loading;

Durability of structures;

Environmentally Assisted Fracture;

Failure Analysis and Case Studies;

Fatigue - Crack Growth (all materials);

Fatigue Resistance of metals;

Fatigue of Metals – Very High Cycle;

Failure Analysis and Forensic Engineering;

Fractography and Advanced metallography;

Fracture and Fatigue at Atomistic and Molecular Scales;

You can find more information about the conference at:www.ecf21.eu/
20-24 June 2016 Catania